Lan Wangji is contrastingly very quiet, silent with the continued memory and the effort of controlling his reaction to it. He speaks slowly, wanting to remain calm. "Claudius and Luo Binghe shared a flirtation. Luo Binghe slipped Claudius his blood in the soup they were preparing together." It is almost precisely how he explained things to Magnus. "If another person ingests Luo Binghe's blood, it grants him control over that person's body. He may puppet his target, or he may cause intense pleasure or pain."